- In the tiny Czech town of Lukova, there is a church that has stood for hundreds of years.
- It was abandoned in 1968, when the roof fell through during a funeral.
- People avoided the church because it was haunted, so it now houses dozens of life-size “ghosts.”
In the town of Luková in the Czech Republic sits St. George’s Church, but it’s not your typical place of worship.
In 2012, an artist installed dozens of statues of ghostlike figures that still haunt the place to this day.
Jakub Hadrava placed his statues there as part of his senior thesis and, in the process, he helped revitalize the once-abandoned church and nearby area. Tourists came from across the world and donated money to help restore the church’s crumbling roof — according to its caretaker, by 2018, donations totaled $26,000 — and it has undergone other improvements, such as getting new clock faces on its tower.
The church is still open to visitors on Saturdays from March to October. If you can’t make your way to the Czech Republic, here’s what it looks like inside St. George.
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